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In the poems “Medusa” by Duffy and “The Laboratory” by Browning both authors explore the theme of jealousy and its destructive nature on people and society as a whole. In Duffy’s poem “Medusa” she critiques society on its treatment towards women, demonstrating how those without beauty are only corrupted with jealousy and how this behavior has survived through the ages. While Duffy focuses on the impacts of jealousy on the individual Browning looks towards its impacts on society, and its power to twist good people into those who would do anything for personal gain. Browning portrays the speaker as deceptive and bent on revenge. As the speaker observes the poison being made she “(gazes) thro’ …. faint smokes curling whitely”. The first image seen in this poem is of a “glass mask” which immediately puts the reader in a world of danger, hazards, somewhere the reader isn’t safe as masks are commonly used to provide safety in dangerous environments. Masks also connote to ideas of lies and deception making the speaker seem illusive and distant. The noun “glass” creates a cold and tense atmosphere due to glass usually being cool to the touch. Additionally glass is fragile and transparent creating a feeling of vulnerability for the speaker along with the reader. The transparency of glass may also forebode that the speaker’s intentions will be found out eventually leading to her demise. The “faint smokes curling whitely” further builds on the hostile environment created by the “glass…

Acton Bell. Emily Jane Brontë was born July 30, 1818 as the fifth child of clergyman Patrick Brontë and his wife, Maria, in the village of Thornton, Yorkshire, England.…

Emily Bronte was a genius of her time when it came to writing. She came to be known by her controversial novel Wuthering Heights and the quiet nature she had. Anyone just looking at her or spending time with her wouldn’t even realize she was such a talented writer. Wuthering Heights was a jewel and parallel to her life in many ways. By looking at Wuthering Heights, one can see that Emily Bronte included themes of revenge, love, loneliness, and death because she was trying to get away from a dull…

Wuthering Heights: Revenge Takes All Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte was published in 1847 in an isolated village in Yorkshire. The novel is also set in England 1847 on two farms Thrushcross Grange and Wuthering Heights. The book possesses the same style as many other great novels such as “once concrete and yet general, local and yet universal” (Kettle 28). Bronte approaches her novels in a different way such as symbols and not in her ideas. Bronte does not color-code her words in this novel…

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is a novel by English author Anne Bronte, sister to Emily Bronte and Charlotte Bronte. The novel was distributed in 1848 and recounts the tale of focal characters Helen Huntington and Gilbert Markham. The story's perspective exchanges between that of Gilbert and Helen, told as a letter Gilbert is keeping in touch with his brother by marriage and passages from Helen's journal that she endows to Gilbert. In the novel, Helen Huntington touches base in the town where…

Who would have thought a woman with so many tragedies and disadvantages in her life could use it to her advantage and write such a beautiful novel, Wuthering Heights, that teaches so many lessons by following Heathcliff, one of the main characters? Emily Bronte was an extremely talented woman without even a formal college degree who didn’t let even the biggest challenges in life bring her down. She would be the one to set an example for women authors to come (“Brontes”). Emily Bronte was born…

I woke up early this morning (which is rare for me) to a beautiful sunrise in Long Beach, California on an exciting day for our family. The breed of the dog is a Yorkshire Terrier and the name we picked out is Diesel. When the owners arrived with Diesel, a couple of minutes later he escaped and no one knows how. Before calling animal control, we decided to search the house to see if he went upstairs. Yet, we still couldn't find him so we called animal control to see if they could find…

“The Story of the Yorkshire Ripper” This is the story of Peter Sutcliffe, a man who was known as “ The Yorkshire Ripper”. He was convicted of murdering 13 women and attempted to murder 7 more women. Peter chose female prostitutes as victims, not caring the age or race, or having any preference whatsoever. Peter was born June 2, 1946 in Yorkshire,England and his parents were Kathleen and John Sutcliffe. Many of his family members thought he would be just like his father who loved to watch…

Peter William Sutcliffe otherwise known as ‘The Yorkshire Ripper ' was arrested on January 1st, 1981 after a murderous spree which spanned five years and claimed the lives of 13 women and attempting to murder a further seven (see appendix for details of victims). The case engulfed the nation as one of the most brutal in modern history since that of ‘Jack the Ripper ' in the 1800 's hence why the media adopted the term ‘Yorkshire ripper ' when addressing the case. Although known for the heinous…

Warram Percy is one of the largest deserted medieval village in the middle age. Located in North Yorkshire, England; the village has been settled since prehistory (Bronze Age) and became very active during 10th-12th century when the members of the noble family Percy lived in the village. The Percy began the building of the South Manor, the foundation of the adjacent planned row of peasant houses, and improvements to the church. Then they further improved the village by building the North Manor…